How
do humans exploit penguins?
In numerous places around the world, penguins have been exploited for food,
oil and skins and even used as fish bait. As well as adult penguins, their
eggs have also been exploited and in some places they are still collected
today.

Tourism is another form of exploitation. There are many sites in the world
where tourists can visit penguins in the wild and this is not always beneficial to the penguins or their environment. Penguins are also taken from the wild
and held in zoos for benefit of us curious humans.

How
do penguins communicate?
Penguins communicate using calls and visual displays. These are used for
such purposes as declaring territory, showing agression or submission, attracting
and greeting mates.

Click on an icon to hear some penguins:

Blue Penguin
Yellow-eyed penguin
Snares penguin

Fiordland penguin
Fiordland penguin chick

How
many penguins are there and where do they live?
Most authors recognise 17 species of penguin, but cases have been made to
separate the rockhoppers into northern and southern species and to separate
the white-flippered penguin from the blue penguin.